Illustrated book.



R. H. GARMAN.

ILLUSTRATED BOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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RAYMOND H. GARIVIAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND H. GARMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Illustrated Books, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that type of book containing picturesand other matter intended to appeal to children.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a series ofleaves having lines of separation extending therethrough, therebydividing said leaves into a plurality of sections, each of saidsections, when iperimposed upon the leaf next adjacent, producing apicture on the latter leaf of different effect from the picture printedon said leaf, whereby a plurality of different pictures can be obtainedby the use of a comparatively small number of prints; and another objectof the invention is to so arrange the lines of severance as to bring theillustrations on the various sections of the leaf into proper registrywith the picture on the neXt adjacent leaf, thereby enabling theperspective of the pictures to be maintained when one of said sectionsis superimposed, and allowing of the usage of short and long figures inthe picture, and at the same time have the illustrations of the sectionsregister with the picture upon which it is superimposed.

The invention further consists in the features of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the book of the presentinvention in open position, and showing one leaf provided with lines ofseverance dividing it into sections, and the opposed leaf of an unbrokenor continuous character; and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showingone of the sections of the severed leaf superimposed on the continuousleaf.

In the art to which the present invention relates, difficulty has beenexperienced in making a proper registry of the figures when sections ofone leaf are superimposed onto another, owing to the fact that all booksof this nature, of which I am aware, are provided with a perfectlystraight line of severance in the sectional leaf, with a result that thefigures on the sections and on the unbroken leaves would. fail toregister, unless the various portions of the figure all Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed July 16, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 709,732.

lie in the same plane. This was a disadvantage, since it was impossibleto employ a picture having any appreciable perspective or a picture, inwhich a short and long fig ure were combined, and arranged in differentplanes, thus limiting the subjects of the pictures to a relativelynarrow field.

The present invention deals with a pe culiar line of severance whichenables a proper registration of the various sections with the picturenext adjacent to be obtained, no matter what the style or arrangement ofsaid picture may be.

Referring to the drawing, the book which I have illustrated comprisingthe best form of my invention. of which I am now aware, consists of aleaf 3 which is of an unbroken or continuous character; that is, it isnot capable of having one part turned independently of the remainder,and remains as a unit at all times. Said leaf, as illustrated, containstwo figures, one of which 41: is of a short nature, and the other ofwhich 5 is of a larger nature, the two figures lying in different planesupon the leaf 3. The leaf 6 next adjacent to the leaf P.) is providedwith a series of undulating lines of severance 7, cutting said leaf intoan upper section 8, an intermediate section 9, and a lower section 10.This leaf contains a short figure 11 and a larger figure 12. Byreferring to the drawing, it will be noted that the heads of the figureson the leaf 6 are in the upper section 8, the trunks or bodies in theintermediate section 9, and the legs in the lower section 10. WVith thepeculiar lines of severance employed, the head of one figure in thesection 8 will lie in a different plane from that of the head of theother figure, so that, when this section is superimposed onto the leaf3, the heads of the figures on said section 8 will register with theheads of the figures on the leaf 3, bringing the heads into properposition with respect to the figures on this latter leaf. In theillustration of the invention shown in the drawing, the peculiar line ofseverance is used in order to register parts of two figures of differentheights, but obviously the same construction will allow the illustrationof any selected section to register with another picture, in case saidpicture contained portions in different perspectives.

By the arrangement above described, a series of different pictures canbe produced from a relatively small number of prints,

and the different portions will always combine to produce anartistically correct picture.

In the form of book illustrated in the drawing, only each alternate leafis of the severed character. This is a desirable con struction, sincethe user will always turn the section of the leaf next adjacent to thecontinuous leaf,. and always obtain a proper registration of the figuresor landscape comprising the picture, the line of severance of eachsectional leaf being arranged according to the perspective orarrangement of figures of the picture on the continuous leaf. Theinvention, however, is limited only in correspondence to the language ofthe intended claims.

I claim:

1. A book of the class described, comprising a plurality of illustrativepages, one of said pages being unbroken and the next adjacent page beingdivided into sections by lines of severance, an inwardly disposed and anoutwardly disposed illustrative subject on each of said pages, one ofsaid subjects lying in diiferent positions with respect to the other asregards the top and bottom of the page on which they are positioned,said lines of severance extending irregularly across said divided page,whereby upper portions of the subjects on said divided page are allarranged in one said section thereof, the middle portions of saidsubjects in another section thereof, and the lower portions of saidsubjects on the lowermost section thereof, whereby a registration ofthat portion of the subjects on any selected section of the divided pagewill be made with respect to the corresponding portion of subjects onthe unbroken page when said sec tions superimpose upon said unbrokenpage, and a different subject thus produced, substantially as described.

2. A book of the class described, comprising a plurality of illustrativepages, one of said pages being unbroken and the next adjacent page beingdivided into sections by lines of severance, an inwardly disposed and anoutwardly disposed illustrative subject on each of said pages, one ofsaid subjects lying in difierent positions with respect to the other asregards the top and bottom of the page on which they are positioned, theoutwardly disposed subjects on adjacent pages being substantiallyalined, and the inwardly disposed subjects on the adjacent pages beingsubstantially alined, said lines of severance extending irregularlyacross said divided page, whereby the upper portions of the subjects onsaid divided page are all arranged in one section thereof, the middleportions of said subjects in another section thereof, and the lowerportions of said subjects on the lower portion thereof, where by aregistration of that portion of the subjects on any selected section ofthe divided page will be made with respect to the corresponding portionof the subjects on the unbroken page when said section is superimposedupon said unbroken page and a different subject produced, substantiallyas described.

RAYMOND H. GARMAN.

Witnesses WM. P. Bonn, FRANCES M. FRos'r.

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